Hamilton and Gallipoli: British Command in an Age of Military Transformation

by Stephen Wade and Evan McGilvray

Book Overview

This is a study of Sir Ian Hamilton VCs command of the Gallipoli campaign. Appointed by Kitchener after the failure of the initial Allied naval offensive in the Dardanelles, Hamilton was to lead the ambitious amphibious landings that were intended to open the way to Constantinople. In the event, however, opportunities immediately after the landings were squandered and, in the face of unexpectedly effective Turkish resistance, soon stalled in attritional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781590761
• ISBN13: 9781781590768
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 240 Pages